i've strayed from the Persian community during my high school & college years
(too much drama) ...
therefore, i thought i'd give it another try & get to know some new Persian friends.

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Be the change ....
Make a difference in the world ...

KIVA.org
One.org
AfricaAid.org
Child-Soldiers.org
FeedJustOne.org
Cry.org
Invisible Children
Join(RED)
An Inconvenient Truth


I spend most of my time on Facebook ...
so, if you want to find me, go here ...
( feel free to add me if you want )




I am never on Myspace, but if you're curious ...
Ali`s Myspace Profile
[Updated: 5 - 01 - 08]

Sports

I play Basketball, Tennis, & Soccer/Football

Quotes

"Now, now, my good man, this is no time for making enemies."
- Voltaire (1694-1778) on his deathbed, in response to a priest asking that he renounce Satan
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The question you should always be asking is, "What have I done for others?"
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask "Why"... I dream of things that never were, and ask "Why Not?"
- Robert F. Kennedy
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"I still say a church steeple with a lightening rod on top shows a lack of confidence."
- Doug McLeod
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"Shoot, coward. You'll only kill a man."
- Ernesto "Che" Guevara
(the Cuban revolutionary leader's fearless last words)
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"It is a time for martyrs now, and if I am to be one, it will be for the cause of brotherhood. That's the only thing that can save this country."
- Malcolm X
(a few days before his assassination)
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"You must be the change you want to see in the world."
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Karamchand Gandhi
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"Should I die by the bullet of a madman, I have to do so with a smile. There must be no anger in me. God must be in my heart and on my lips and you must promise me one thing: Should such a thing happen, do not shed a tear. I have done my deeds for humanity."
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Karamchand Gandhi
(a few days before his assassination)
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"I am become Death, The shatterer of Worlds."
- Krishna
(Bhagavad Gita: Ch. 11, Verus 31-33)
as part of ...
(The Mahabharata: Book 6 - Bhishmaparva)
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"There is nothing in our book, the Qur'an, that teaches us to suffer peacefully. Our religion teaches us to be intelligent. Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone lays a hand on you, send him to the cemetery."
- Malcolm X
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"We're not Americans, we're Africans who happen to be in America. We were kidnapped and brought here against our will from Africa. We didn't land on Plymouth Rock - that rock landed on us."
- Malcolm X
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"If we don't stand for something, we may fall for anything."
-Malcolm X
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"I am against every form of racism and segregation, every form of discrimination. I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color."
- Malcolm X
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"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only LOVE can do that"
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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"A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom."
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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"I don't create controversies. They're there long before I open my mouth. I just bring them to your attention."
- Charles Barkley
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"You only get in trouble when you say what people don't want you to say."
- Charles Barkley
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"Poor people cannot rely on government to come to help you in times of need. You have to get your education. Then nobody can control your destiny."
- Charles Barkley
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“Whoever of you see a wrong, he should change it with his hand; and if he cannot do that, [he should change it] with his voice; and if he cannot do that, [he should change it] with his heart; beyond that there is no faith.”
- Muhammad
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"Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance. Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching luggage. Choose a three-piece suite on hire purchase in a range of fucking fabrics. Choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pissing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked up brats you spawned to replace yourselves. Choose your future. Choose life... But why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose life. I chose something else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you've got heroin? "
- Trainspotting
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"Man, I see in fight club the strongest and smartest men who've ever lived. I see all this potential, and I see squandering. God damn it, an entire generation pumping gas, waiting tables; slaves with white collars. Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need. We're the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our Great War's a spiritual war... our Great Depression is our lives. We've all been raised on television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars. But we won't. And we're slowly learning that fact. And we're very, very pissed off."
- Tyler Durden, Fight Club